ALSO SEE: Red Cross Tries Mariupol Evacuation Again,
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said it would make a renewed attempt to evacuate residents from the war-torn port city of Mariupol on Saturday, after citing “impossible” conditions a day earlier. Its teams were “on the move” from Zaporizhzhia to Mariupol, a spokesman told The Post early Saturday. Roughly 100,000 people remain trapped there, according to Ukrainian officials.

Russia appears to be pulling back troops stationed in the Kyiv area, as Ukrainian forces slowly regain control of villages east and northwest of the capital, Britain’s Defense Ministry said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s withdrawal in the north was “slow but noticeable.” But Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych told national television that Ukrainians should prepare for “difficult fights” ahead in Mariupol and in southern and eastern Ukraine. Britain also warned of looming clashes in the second-largest city, Kharkiv.

The Pentagon late Friday announced a new $300 million security assistance package for Ukraine that will include drones, counter-drone systems and armored vehicles. Zelensky declined to confirm or deny Ukraine’s role in an apparent strike on a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city north of Kharkiv. Moscow blamed Ukraine for what it called an “escalation” that might harm negotiations.